Recoil-check for firearms



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B. BLAKE. REGOIL CHECK POR FIRBARMS.

No. 524,458. Patented A11-g. 14, '1894.

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BURDINE LAKE, OF LONDON, OHG.

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SEECr"ICAJELQIZJ forming part of Letiers Patent No. QlLAS, dated August l, 1894.v Application tiled March 29, 1394. Serial No, 505,590. (No model.)

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, BU-RDINE BLAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at London, in the county ot1 Madison and State of Ohio, have invented a newvand useful Gun-Stock, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that, class of gun stocks which are constructed with a portion adapted to engage the operators shoulder and having a spring co-operating therewith, whereby the shock of the guns recoil is 10st in the elasticity of the spring; and it has for its principal object theproduetion of such a device, and one wherein the 'shoulder-engaging portion will oe capable of heingiocked flush with the generali surface of the gun, thus dispensing with the inconvenience which would otherwise attend it when.

vertical longitudinal section thereof; Fig. 3,v

' a horizontal longitudinal section of the saine;

Fig; fi, a perspective View of the sliding block removed from the gun stock; Fig. 5, a detail perspective, showing the means foi-'locking said block:

The reference numeral l indicates the gnu stock, which is formedv with the cavity 2 in its rear end. This cavity is nearly as large as the vthiolzness of the stock, and is bounded hy the brass casting 3, which is rigidly secured to the end of the stock and serves to protect the same. Communicating with the cavity 2, and extendinglongitudinally with the stock, is the passage et, and `this in turn communicates with the longitndinally-elongated opening 5, extending at right angles thereto and opening on the right-hand side of the stock.

G indicates the bloeit for engaging the operators shoulder, and this is of Such a size l that it will dt snugly Within the cavity 2, and

iill the entire lateral extent thereof, though enough space is left forward oi' the block to permit its merging completely int-o the oav' ity, Formed in the forward side of the eavity 2, and on opposite sides of the passage ai, are the openings 7, which extend longitudinally into the gen stock and are each provided with the spiral springs S, which fitinto them and project rearwardly from their ends for a distance about equal to the depthcf the cavity.

Rigidly secured to the block 6, directly oppositethe openings 7, are the studs or arms 9 which are two in number and ada. ted to' -in the center of the block G, and extending longitudinally therein, is 'the passage 1G, in which the rear end of the arinll is arranged, and said eno is adapted to pass a snort distance beyond the clock andino screw into theopening 12 of the facing plate `5.3. @he facing plate 13 is shaped in conformity with the rear face of the block 6, and is irinly and' I rigidly eured thereto hy means of the' screws le, which pass through it and into the block,

From the hice.; 6 the arm 9 extends forwardly and into the passage 1i, and terminates di.- rectly opposite the opening 5, where it is provided With 'the internally-threaded opening l5, in alignment with the opening 5, or transversely with the gun stock.

Serewedinto the opening i5, and projece ing laterally through the o ening 5, to a point just beyond the side of t e stock, is the pin 19. The opening islongitudinaily'eiongated 1 'and has the swinging catch 16, pivoted alongside it, and at the rear end thereof= This catch consists of a metallic har pivctally secured in a countersunk recess by means of the spindle 17|, and capable of swinging verticali'y, so as to lie overthe opening 5'. Formed at the end4 of the latch 16 isthe notch 18, which is adapted to engage the pin i9, and to hold it incapable `of lrearward movement.

2O indicates a button or stud, which is affixed to the catch 16, and by which the catch may be swung to lie in its recess or over the opening 5, and ccnseqnentiyin and out of engagement with the pin i9.

Thus it will he seen that by means of the arms J the movements of the bio-ek 6 are limited to the extent` of the opening or siot 5, and that hy pushing the arm, and hence the pin 19, forwardly and swinging the catch into engagement with the pin, the block may be held in the cavity 2, and with its plate 13 flush with the facing 3. This will make the gun stock as regular as ordinarily, and when itis to be fired the catch 1G may be disengaged from the pin 19, and the springs 8 allowed to force the block out and ready to engage the operators shoulder. i

Having described my invention, what I claim is l. The combination of a gun stock, a block mounted on the rear end thereof and having a longitudinal movement on the stock, a spring for giving the block a normal tendency outward, an arm having a stud thereon and rigidly secured to the block, said arm projectinginwardly from the block, and va catch capable of being movedto engage or disengage the stud on the arm, whereby the block may be held pressed inwardly and vagainst the tendency of its spring, substantially as described.

' 2. The combination of a gun stock, ablock mounted on the rear end thereof and having a longitudinal movement thereon, a spring for v giving the block a tendency outward, an arm rigidly secured to the block and projecting in- Wardiy therefrom and into the stock, said arm haYing a stud thereon, the stud being ar'- ranged to extend through a longitudinallyelongated s'lotin the stock and to project outside thereof,`and a catch secured to th stock and capable of being moved to engage or disengage the stud on the arm, whereby the a`rrn, and consequently the connected block', may be held incapable of movement independent of the stock, substantially as described.

3. The combination oi' a gun-stock havinga cavity in the' rear end `thereof', a block slidably mounted in said cavity, aspring for giving the block a normal tendency rearwardly, and a catch on th'e'gunastock and capable of connection and disconnection with the block, whereby the block may be held Within the cavity or allowed to move out of the same, substantially as described.

in 'testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BURDIN E BLAKE. XVitnesses:

CARYJ ONES, E. P. FISHER. 

